Behind The Lines In The Network News War

September, 1982

In The Second Year after Cronkite, the situation was this: Order had broken down. Chaos had taken hold. There was panic in the streets.No one could be trusted anymore. It was hard, in fact, to keep track of just who everyone was. Each time you turned on the tube, there was a new face, a new program, a new set. And, just about everywhere, news. Morning, noon and night, plus station breaks and specials. News from satellites. News from cable. News from networks. News, news, news. An avalanche of it...

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